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by frongor
10 Aug 2010, 23:06
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Sato in Indycar
Replies: 165
Views: 14090

Re: Sato in Indycar

Looking only at the race results, Takuma seems just slightly better than Milka Duno as he hardly ever finishes. However, he qualify strongly (especially on road courses) and run in the top until something like yesterday happen.... He will get a strong finish sooner or later, and i think his second y...
by frongor
05 Aug 2010, 08:30
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: The best F1 driver(s) that Grand Prix racing has produced...
Replies: 36
Views: 2596

Re: The best F1 driver(s) that Grand Prix racing has produced...

In case someone is in Tokyo during a GP weekend i wholeheartedly recomend you to visit the F1 Pit Stop Cafe in Roppongi. They show the races live, provide food and pre-race entertainment, F1 Ultra-quiz and best of all, our loved japanese F1 Rejects as guest commentators. Last year Yuji Ide came seve...
by frongor
22 Jun 2010, 04:31
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Sato in Indycar
Replies: 165
Views: 14090

Re: Sato in Indycar

Takuma on ovals is an emotional roller coaster He qualify good and race right at the top for 100-150 laps (P5 at Kansas and P3 yesterday at Iowa)... And then throws the Lotus into the wall. He is nowhere close to being the ROTY, but he obviously has potential and hopefully KV will keep him for at le...
by frongor
03 May 2010, 10:34
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Sato in Indycar
Replies: 165
Views: 14090

Re: Sato in Indycar

Great debut oval race from Takuma and the feeling when he crashed was exact the one you got after he clashed with Barrichello at Nurnburgring in 2004. Taku could have got a respectable top 10 by taking it easy and just finishing the race, instead he gives it all and loses everything. A true racer, a...
by frongor
09 Mar 2010, 23:16
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Predicament Predictions - 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Replies: 106
Views: 7074

Re: Predicament Predictions - 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

frongors Predictions
2010 Bahrain Grand Prix:
1. Massa
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Vettel
6. Buemi
7. Button
8. Hulkenberg
9. Schumacher
10. De la Rosa

Pole: Massa
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Sutil
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Buemi
DBTMOTR: Chandhok
by frongor
18 Feb 2010, 13:34
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Sato in Indycar
Replies: 165
Views: 14090

Re: Sato in Indycar

Very good news!!

So many series to follow this year!!
by frongor
03 Feb 2010, 22:41
Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
Topic: Literal name translations
Replies: 59
Views: 15584

Re: Literal name translations

Japanese names that sound the same can have different meanings as they are written with the chinese "kanji" with contains a meaning. As a half decent japanese speaker, here is the meaning of the name of some japanese heroes. It high not be perfect, but close enough. Yuji Ide = Existence of...
by frongor
29 Jan 2010, 22:27
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Stefan GP progress
Replies: 441
Views: 30163

Re: Is StefanGP better option than Campos of USF1

I want as many cars as possible on the grid, so i am very positive of the changes for this season. Campos might be lacking money and be the minardi of this decade. Stefan obviously has support from Toyota, but can that really compensate the total lack of team structure?
by frongor
22 Jan 2010, 12:59
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Random F1 spottings
Replies: 39
Views: 3299

Re: Random F1 spottings

Yuji Ide sometimes works as a guest commentator at the F1 restuarant "Pit stop cafe" in central Tokyo. During last year I won the "bet the podium"-quiz twice and had a small talk with him. He is quite good as a commentator , but seems to be embarrased when he is asked about his o...
by frongor
20 Jan 2010, 22:37
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Schumacher wants to swap numbers
Replies: 31
Views: 1997

Re: Schumacher wants to swap numbers

In Japanese and Chinese, one way of saying the number 4 is the same as the word for death and it's considered very unlucky. If you go to Hong Kong, China or Japan and stay in a hotel you might find that there is no floor 4 (and sometimes no floor 44 or 14, 24, etc....). When Ukyou Katayama raced fo...
by frongor
05 Jan 2010, 07:54
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: de la Rosa to Sauber - CONFIRMED
Replies: 98
Views: 4733

Re: de la Rosa to Sauber?

Takuma Sato could have enough sponsorship, even with the Japanese economy suffering like anyone else's, but that opens the question of would Sauber go for two Japanese drivers? This. If Peter Sauber hires Sato I will personally fly over to Switzerland and give him a big fat kiss. I will follow you!
by frongor
05 Jan 2010, 06:01
Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
Topic: F1 Songbook
Replies: 121
Views: 23497

Re: F1 Songbook

I knew that was going to start a controversy... :roll:

To my defense, I wrote this in 2004 and at that moment the sacredness of our much respected gentleman was non-existent. Also, I love all backmarkers so anyone can replace "Hungarian" with any preferable nationality.
by frongor
05 Jan 2010, 05:40
Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
Topic: F1 Songbook
Replies: 121
Views: 23497

Re: F1 Songbook

Maybe a little off topic, but many years ago, I wrote alternative lyrics for the Status Quo – You’re in the army now. This might be the the place where it might be popular. Always my first choice at the Karaoke You’re in Minardi now. Unreliable and not so fast Do your best to avoid being last. You’r...
by frongor
15 Dec 2009, 22:35
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Your Top 10 Drivers
Replies: 124
Views: 6251

Re: Your Top 10 Drivers

1. Schumacher (M) (not thanks to the dominating years but to the yearly learning years and especially the last years when he did a great job with an average car)
2. Senna
3. Prost
4. Steward
5. Clark
6. Alonso
7. Fittipaldi
8. Peterson
9. Piquet sr
10. Lauda
by frongor
20 Nov 2009, 02:32
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: 2010 Driver Market
Replies: 828
Views: 74809

Re: 2010 Driver Market

Liuzzi would be great for Indycar
by frongor
18 Nov 2009, 12:40
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Season - 2009
Replies: 102
Views: 5451

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Season - 2009

1. Force India. I really did not see the results in Belgium and Monza coming. 2. Kobayashi I lost my confidence in him during this GP2 season, so the pleasant surprise was even greater when he debuted. The Brawn-story is incredible, but once we saw the testing pace, the actual results was not too su...
by frongor
02 Nov 2009, 12:57
Forum: The Jean-Denis Deletraz Memorial Forum
Topic: Pacific GP Website No Longer
Replies: 31
Views: 5424

Re: Pacific GP Website No Longer

I have actually driven the three laps around the Okayama circuit (former AIDA) in a normal passenger car. The circuit itself is decent (but not F1 material) but the access to he circuit is terrible - high up in the japanese mountains with roads a modern f1-trolley hardly could drive on... I common f...
by frongor
29 Sep 2009, 22:52
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: F1 Comic writers' appreciation society.
Replies: 21
Views: 4488

Re: F1 Comic writers' appreciation society.

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Grand Prix Tengoku from Japan = By far the best F1-cartoon, unfourtuntlay only in Japanese.... so far..